School Notes Overview:

Idyllwild Arts is located on the western slopes of the San Jacinto Mountains in Southern California. The 205-acre campus nestled in the Strawberry Valley is rich with natural beauty. Pine, cedar and oak trees abound amid mountain meadows bursting with wildflowers in the summertime......

School Overview:

Idyllwild Arts Summer Program-American Experience for International Students

Program Type

Summer arts program

Number of Students

1850 students

Student Body Type

Coeducational

Ages Accepted

Age 5 - Age 0

First Session Start Date

July 24

First Session End Date

August 26

First Program Weeks

5 weeks

Program Director

Steven Fraider

Campus Area

205 acres

Founding Year

1946

Summer School Type

Residential

Idyllwild Arts Summer Program-Children's Center:

Program Type

Summer arts program

Number of Students

1850 students

Student Body Type

Coeducational

Ages Accepted

Age 5 - Age 12

First Session Start Date

July

First Session End Date

July

First Program Weeks

1 weeks

Second Program Weeks

2 weeks

Idyllwild Arts Summer Program-Family Week:

Program Type

Summer arts program

Number of Students

150 students

Student Body Type

Coeducational

Ages Accepted

Age 5 - Age 0

First Session Start Date

July

First Session End Date

July

First Program Weeks

1 weeks

Idyllwild Arts Summer Program-Junior Artists' Center:

Program Type

Summer arts program

Number of Students

1850 students

Student Body Type

Coeducational

Ages Accepted

Age 11 - Age 13

First Session Start Date

July

Second Session End Date

August

First Program Weeks

2 weeks

Second Program Weeks

1 weeks

Idyllwild Arts Summer Program-Youth Arts Center:

Program Type

Summer arts program

Number of Students

1850 students

Student Body Type

Coeducational

Ages Accepted

Age 13 - Age 18

First Session Start Date

July

Second Session End Date

August

First Program Weeks

2 weeks

Second Program Weeks

3 weeks

School Notes:

Idyllwild Arts is located on the western slopes of the San Jacinto Mountains in Southern California. The 205-acre campus nestled in the Strawberry Valley is rich with natural beauty. Pine, cedar and oak trees abound amid mountain meadows bursting with wildflowers in the summertime.

Idyllwild's existence, not to mention its spectacular location, is due to the vision of its founders, Dr. Max Krone and his wife Beatrice. Building on the heritage of its Summer Arts program, the Foundation in 1986 established the Idyllwild Arts Academy, the first independent boarding high school for the arts in the Western U.S.

California's Idyllwild Arts is the place where dreams take shape in music, dance, theatre, visual arts, filmaking, and creative writing through Idyllwild Arts Academy, a private arts high school, and the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program for artists of all ages.

The American Experience is a five-week unique study/travel program in which students receive English instruction for two hours each day, five days a week. Classes are small and teachers provide individualized attention. Courses are available for beginning, intermediate and advanced speakers. Students increase their reading, writing, and conversation skills while building their vocabulary and improving their pronunciation.

The American Experience also includes a week of off-campus sightseeing and cultural experiences. After four weeks of intensive English and arts courses, students are given the chance to practice their new skills while enjoying other parts of Southern California. Accompanied by their teachers, they travel by private van to fun-filled locations throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Exciting destinations include museums, movies, shopping malls and beaches. Also included are excursions to world-famous Disneyland and Universal Studios!

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All Girls

Co-ed

All Boys

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